Hub-band.



Patented Aug. 27, !901. D. W. CALL.

HUB BAND.

(Application filed Apr` 13, 1901.r

(Nn Model.)

INV ENTOR I daim me( walk).

Nrrnn STATES PATENT FFICE.

DE LMER W. CALL, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL MALLEABLECASTINGS COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

HUB-BAND.

SPECIFICATION formng part of Letters Patent NO. 681,666, dated August27, 1901. Application filed April 13, 1901. Serial No. 55,675. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may cancer-m Be it known that I, DELMER XV. CALL, ofCleveland, in the connty of Cnyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented anew and nseful Hnb-Band,of which the followingis a full., clear, andexact description, .reference being had to the accompan'ying d'awings,forming part oflthis specification; in which Figura 1 is an elevation,partly in section, showing the cap in place. Fig. 2 is a section of theend portion of the being removed; and Fig. of cap shown in Fig. 1.

In the drawings, 2 represents a hub-band having on its interier surfacenotches or sockets 3 3, eonstitnting looking poi-Liens, which are formedon the hab-band itself, preferably on an annnlar ridge 4 which is castthereon and the enter side of which is preferably inelined toward theend, so as to affo-d an ornamental finish and facilitate the applicationof the cap. The cap which covers the end of the hab-band has aninwardly-projecting flange 5, which extends within the inner surface ofthe hab-band, and has lateral springaetuated catches 6, formed,preferably, with inclined sides and adapted to take into the notches.When the cap is-app1ied, it is thns held directly by the hhh-band itselfwithout the intervention of any intermediate collar or ring. The cap canbe released for removal by tnrning itnntil the catches disengage fromthe notches.

3 is a modification hub-band, the cap In Fig. 3 I showa modifiedconstrnction in which the cap is forned not only with an inner flange 5,bnt with an onter flange 7, which extends around the exterior surface ofthe hub-band. The device is simple in Construction, it does notintel-fore with the casting of the huh-band, and it provides a fasteningdcvice which is durable and efiicient and which has as few parts aspossible.

I claim- 1. The combination of a hab-band having on its owninterior'snrface looking portions with recesses therein, and a caphaving an inwardly-projecting flange with spring-.

catehes monnted thereon, said spring-catches being adapted to engage therecesses of said looking portions and to be disengaged therefrom byturning, substantially as described.

, 2. The combination' of a hnb-bandhaving on its own interier surfacearib eonstituting a looking -devce for a cap, said rb being formed withits enter side inclined toward the end of the hab-band to facilitate theapplication of the cap; and a cap having springcatches adapted to engagesaid rib, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have herennto set ny hand.

DELMER XV. CALL.

Witnesses:

GEO. B. BLEMING, L. M. REDMAN.

